GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Three heavy hitters in Grand Rapids' craft beer scene are collaborating on a special trio of brews and a strolling-dinner event.

HopCat, Grand Rapids Brewing Co. and Brewery Vivant are releasing their Ménage à Trois beers today, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 in their taprooms. Each brewery offers a variation on the same recipe, using organic Wakatu hops from New Zealand.

GRBC's is an India Brown Ale using American Ale yeast, and clocks in at 7.7 percent ABV. Vivant's is a 6.7 percent Imperial Brown Ale using their signature Belgian yeast. And HopCat's is a 6.5 percent English Brown made with Burton Ale yeast.

The strolling dinner will allow attendees to sample all three beers at each location. It will take place at 6 p.m. Feb. 21, and feature a seven-course meal and transportation among the venues.

Tickets for the strolling dinner are $100, and go on sale Friday, Feb. 8 at the three brewpubs. A total of 60 tickets are available for the event, with 20 available at each venue. The ticket price does not include taxes or gratuity.

Each attendee will get a Ménage à Trois chalice. The event will also feature exclusive dessert and bourbon-barrel-aged versions of the brew.

The event coincides with GR Beer Week, which begins Feb. 18 and wraps up Feb. 23 with the Winter Beer Festival at Fifth Third Ballpark. Tickets to the festival sold out in one day in Dec., 2012.